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THE TaoOIT LiUAMP AKSTO WEDNESDAY HAY 22. IE39.
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JOHN W- POTTER.
Wednesday, Mat 23. 1888.
"A republican stronghold like Illinois
it not going to select the presidential
candidate In a democratic convention,"
a&yi a republican orgm. The republis
can party is in a large and Increasing mi
nority in Illinois, and Illinois will bare a
voice in all national democratic conven
tions commensurate to its importance.
Bt. Louis Repxtblic.
Right you are. Mr. Republic.
Mhawlal Their Colors.
Last year a committee of the republi
can New York senate started out with a
great flourish of trumpets to investigate
trusts, for the purpose, it was pretended,
of devising measures for the report just
filed by its republican majority. The pre
tended inquiry was for the purpose, of
gulling the people, and next of frying the
fat out of the trusts for campaign boodle
by threats of hostile legislation.
Since there is no longer any reason for
keeping up appearances, the republican
members of the committee have presented
a report in which they defend the trusts
as the natural and necessary outcome of
trade development. In conclusion they
assert that trusts and monopolies are a
blessing, while free competition is a dan
gerous evil. In consideration of the
beneficent character of the trusts, they
recommend no hostile legislation. In
other words they adopt the BlaineCar
negie idea, that trusts "are private affairs,
with which nobody has any right to in
terfere." The democratic members dis
sent from the conclusions of the majority
in toto.
Contrast this with the pledges of the
republican national platform on trusts.
It declared "opposition to all combina
tions of capital organized in trusts or
otherwise to control arbitrarily the con
dltions of trade among our citizens,"
and urged upon congress and the state
legislatures such legislation as will pre
vent the execution of all schemes to op
press the people by undue charges on
their supplies, etc. Contrast it also with
the pledges of Harrison's letter of ac
ceptance. He declared that under the
operations of the trusts "the wage
earner alone suffers." and that "the leg
islatures should and would find means by
which these and like eyils shall be effect
ively suppressed."
No doubt the masses of the republican
voters accepted these declarations as sin
cere, but the trusts and monopolies were
not in the least alarmed by them. Every
where their members contributed as lib
erally to the republican campaign fund
and to campaign work as did the member
of the linseed oil trust in this district.
They understood that the promises were
made simply to gull the people and would
never be redeemed. The laudation of
trusts by the republican New York sen
ate committee shows bow well the mem
bers of trusts and beneficiaries of mo
nopolies understood the republican plat
form and its leaders. Burlington Ga
zette. Mr. Harm' Hrawore Advanrrd.
Mr. Hurst's saving's bank bill was ad
vanced considerably in the house yester
day. Among yesterday's Springfield dis
patches to the Chicago Herald is this:
Mr. Stoskopf, secured a suspen
sion of the rules for the second read
ing of Hurst's savings bank bill that had
just come back from the printer. Pend
ing the reading, Hunter, of Enox. moved
an adjournment. This proposition was
voted down and the speaker ordered the
clerk to proceed with the reading. The
old bill was bitterly opposed by many
members on account of its exemption
from taxation of the assets of banks or
ganized thereunder. This clause has
been eliminated and does not appear in
Mr. Hurst's measure. Wiley Jones said
the bill had never been in committee and
moved its reference to the committee on
banks and banking. The house, on mo
tion of Mr. Paddock, tabled this motion.
Pike, of McLean, thought it was danger
ous at this late day for the house to at
tempt to pass a savings bank bill. He
then moved to strike out the enacting
words of the bill. Jones thought the
measure should be killed. Mr. Crafts said
the original bill was defeated on account
of its provision exempting the assets of
the bank from taxation. The new bill was
unobjectionable on that ground. Mr.
Wells asked for the reference of the bill,
that it might be properly considered in
committee. Meyer, of Cook, and Mr.
Stoskopf and Hunter, of Winnebago,
made little speeches in favor of the bill.
Mr. McElligott, of Cook, thought the bill
should be defeated at once, because he
regarded it as a very suspicious measure.
Browne, of LaSalle, made a little talk, in
which he said the bill was opposed by
monopolistic bankers and money loaners.
There should be savings banks in the
west, that the people might be educated
to lay aside their earnings. Greene, of
Alexander, said fight against the bill
should be made on third reading. Mr.
Pike intimated that some "boodlu" bank
desired to unload its fictitious and worth
less assets, and be hoped it would be de
feated. The motion to knock out the
enacting words was lost by a vote of
yeas 28 to nays 61. and the bill sent to
third reading.
t arter Ylnx.
Chicago, May 22. The jury in the
Carter case rendered a verdict in favor of
Mr. Carter this morninz.
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh that Contain
Uarcarr
as mercury will surely destroy the sense
of smell and completely derange the
whole system when entering it through
the mucus surfaces. Such articles should
never be used except on prescriptions
from reputable physicians, as the damage
they will do are ten fold to the good you
can possibly derive from tbem. Hall's
Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. - J.
Cheney & Co., Toledo, O., contains no
mercury, and is taken Internally, and
acts directly upon the blood and mucus
surfaces of the system. In buying Hall's
Catarrh Cure, be sure you get the genu
nine; it is taken internally and made in
Toledo, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney & Co.
6Sold by druggists. Price 75 cents
per bottle.
A MISTAKE IN THE MAN.
Thm R. P.Porter Who I In Possession Mot
tha Intended Centra Superintendent.
Washinotoi City, May 22. Mr. Fortar,
tha superintendent of the census, has discov
ered that he ha a namesake living in Indi
ana. In fact, his attention was called to the
matter by the gontlemnn himwlf, who wrote
to inform Superintendent Torter that the
president evidently intended to appoint him,
but that he would waive all claim to the po
sition providing that the emoluments of the
office were equally divided with him. The
Indiana Porter snys that he was iu the Sixty
ninth Indiana regiment, lie mentions this
fact and others as a reason for believing that
be was the man whom the president intended
to have the office of superintendent of the
census.
Tha Strangler to Wrestle Tom Cannon.
St. Paul, May 22. Tom Cannon, of Cin
cinnati, wrote to Tha Dispatch Monday
stating that be would wrestle Evan Lewis in
Bt. Paul for the entire gate receipt Lewie
announces his willingness to aooept the prop
osition made by Cannon and will agree to
the terms as proposed, the match to coma off
at an early data
The Ducal Jim-Jams.
Alleged Secret of a Royal Brit
isher's Illness
TOLD BY A SPANISH JOURNALIST.
Bdlnboroaich. Seems to Have Toyed Too
Much with Tanglefoot Bloody Battle
oa the Nile Reported MlnUter Beld
Received by Carnot British Capitalists
After All the Flour Bf ilia German Con
cessions In tha Samoan Affair Forelarn
News Notes.
London, May 22. The action of the Mad
rid court of justice in paatiug sentence of
four months' imprisonment upon Senor Ra
fael Corrome, the well-known Spanish novel
ist and journalist, for writing aud causing to
be published a libel upon the Duke of Edin
borough, creates a good deal of talk at the
clubs. Tbe article, which was written while
the dtike was with tbe British squadron at
Barcelona, was filled with statements con
cerning his private life, and appeared in
large typo in the leading Republican news
papers in Valencia. The prince was very
anxious that the matter should be hushed np,
but the public prosecutor thought differently
and the unlucky journalist is now paying
penance for his sensation.
Tbe "Juke" Had the Jim-jams.
Copies of the paper, however, had in the
meantime found their way to certain club
roysterers in London, who are always on the
qui vive for anything with a salacious flavor,
and society is now fairly reveling in Senor
Corroine's revelations. No English paper
has so far dared to print the current rumor
that the fever and attack of nervous prostra
tion which necessitated tbe bringing home of
bis royal highness by special steamer was in
reality an attack of what among common
people would be designated as the "jim
jams." The details, too, of the prince's ar
rival at Portsmouth have been colored by
Tbe Court Journal to meet the usages of
polite society. Tbe truth is that, although
the Duchess of EJinburg was waiting on tha
jetty when the Alexandria steamed into
Portsmouth harbor at 10 o'clock at night,
she was not allowed to see her sick husband.
He Had a " Relapse."
He had suffered a "slight relapse, " so the
doctor said, and could not be disturbed. It
was probable, moreover, that several days
would elapse before he would be equal to the
fatigue of a railroad journey. Yet the next
morning this very sick man was so much im
proved that he was able to walk to the train
and to make the entire journey to London
without interruption. The bulletins issued
on the morning after his arrival announced
that he was "greatly improved,' and in a
few days, thanks to the watchful eye of tbe
duchess, he Was as well as ever.
' SLAUGHTERED ON THE NILE.
Soldiers of the Mulutl Shot Down by Emin
Pasha's Men.
Cairo, May 2i A letter has been received
by tbe ministry here which is believed to con
tain direct details of the defeat of the Mahdist
forces by the troops and allies of Emin Pasha.
The letter was written from Omdurman, by
Mohammed El Beruavi, oue of the Mahdi's
officers. He writes that he accompanied the
force which tbe Mahdi's successor sent up the
Nile a year ago to conquer Emin Pasha.
They were stopped by the vegetable growth,
whioh sometimes spreads over the Nile so
thick that a steamer cannot force its way
through.
A Regular Hatchery.
While they were cutting a passage through
they were suddenly attacked by Egyptian
oflloers in the service of Emin. The Mabdista
were completely defeated. Their boats stuck
in the mi. Idle of the river, and all the enemy
had to do was to fire at the mass. A large
number of men were killed and still more
were drowned in the effort to get ashore.
Those who escaped retreated as fast as possi
ble down the Nile.
AMERICA AND FRANCE.
Home Felicitous Remarks Exchanged by
Carnot and Reld.
Paris, May 22. Hon. Whitelaw Reid,
minister of the United States to France,
presented his credentials to President Carnot
yesterday and made a short speech to the
French executive.
Rabbling Over with Friendship.
"It Is my good fortune," said Mr. Reid, "to
represent America here when France is cele
brating a centenary as important as the cen
tenary recently celebrated in America. We
do not forget that you helped in the success
of onr revolution. This increases our inter
est in tbe magnificent display of the arts of
peace with which you nobly crown your cen
tennary. My instructions inform me that
there does not exist one shadow of difference
between France and the United States cap
able of obscuring the century-old friend
ship of the two republics which, I hope, will
always endure."
An Easy Task for Reld.
In reply President Carnot repeated the
comments on the two centennaries, and con
cluded as follows: "Mr. Reid, you will find
from tbe French government and from all
Frenchmen a cordial greeting. Pursuing
the common idea of democratic progress and
social justice the two nations cannot cease to
understand each other. On grounds of in
ternational rclutions your task is, therefore,
an easy one. Monsieur Minister, you are
welcome among us."
THE BRITISH WANT THE EARTH.
Not Satisfied with All the Beer, They
Are After the Bread Now.
London, May 22. There is good authority
for the statement that a movement is on foot
among English capitalists to secure control
of some of the largest flouring interests in
America, among them being the Pillsbury
properties in Minneapolis. Negotiations have
been under way for some time, but thus far
no conclusion has been reached. The plan it
is believed is not to create a "flour trust" ex
actly, but to syndicate some large and valua
ble milling and elevator properties.
O'Brien Testifies for the League.
London, May 23. William O'Brien, the
irrepressible editor of United Ireland, was in
the witness chair in the Parnell case yester
day, looking pale and weak from the effects
of his imprisonment He was permitted to
sit while giving his testimony, and his voice
was very low. He said the Land league had
prevented crime in Ireland, citing Tipperary,
where be stated that no murder bad been
committed since the league was established
there. He said tbe tenants were perfectly
destitute at that time, and the landlords bru
tal and guilty of the most outrageous rack
renting; the league improved tbe situation
and ameliorated the condition of the tenants.
He fully approved of boycotting, and said it
prevented crime. The government should
pursue a policy of conciliation. The govern
ment in 1688 suppressed United Ireland be
cause he the witness bad charged the minis
try ith having manufactured crimes, a
charge be was prepared to prove. O'Brien
then proceeded to detail tbe alleged manu
factured outrages, but Sir Richard Webster
objected, and tbe court sustains 1 his objec
tion. Germany to Restore Malietoa.
Berlin, May 24 Tbe American and Ger
man commissioners on the Ha moan troubles
came near arriving at the forks of the road,
yesterday. It is reported that tbe Amer
ican commissioners insisted that Ger
many should restore Malietoa, the king the
Germans dethroned and put under arrest.
This the Germans insisted was too mnch to
ask, and declared that having "pardoned"
Malietoa, that matter shoald be considered
closed. Tbe matter was the subject of a
spirited debate, and it is stated that tbe Ger
mans finally consented to restore King Ma
lietoa and that the only hitch now in the 8a
moan matter is over the amount of indemnity
to be paid to Germany.
Significance of Humbert's Visit.
Berlin, May 22. The Tageblatt, refer
ring to King Humbert's visit, declares that
a military convention between Germany and
Italy will be signed by the king and kaiser
du Tng the former's stay in Berlin, with a
vk w to tbe possibility of the occurrence of
wa r between one of , tbe signatory parties
an I Franoo. In connection with this state
meat it is significant that several Italian
ml itary officers of high rank have arrived
in Berlin incognita, presumably to discuss
the details of .the convention. The city was
en fete when King Humbert, his son the
crewn prinoe and Premier Crispi arrived
yesterday, and tbe royalties were cheered by
the usands.
Herman Mine Owners Breaking; Faith.
l'.ERLUf, May 22. The Dortmund miners
ha'-e represented to tbe strikers' committee
that the mining managers are not fulfilling
the promises they made to the strikers as an
inducement for them to resume work. The
committee has therefore ordered the strikes
to lie generally renewed. An immense mass
me"ting of miners was convoked by Commit
teeman Bunte yesterday afternoon.
Want the Viceroy Abolished.
London, May 23. A meeting of Unionist
peers and members of the house of commons
hel I last night adopted a memorial to the
government requesting the abolition of the
viceroy of Ireland and the transfer of the
functions of that oflloe to the secretary of
state. The memorial also asks that a royal
resi lence be maintained in Dublin.
Thousands on the Verga of Starvation.
London, May 23. The details of tbe floods
in Bohemia, now coming in, confirm the
woist reports hitherto received. The coun
try in the vicinity of Pilsen is one vast lake,
and the crops are hopelessly ruined. Thou
sand Is of persons are thus reduced to the verge
of utarvation, and many must die if help is
not immediately forthcoming.
Browned by Floods in Bohemia.
Vienna, May 22. Forty-five deaths are
thuii far reported to have occurred through
the floods in Bohemia, and it is believed that
the total loss of life will greatly exceed the
highest estimates yet made.
A Ghoulish Editor in Trouble.
Munich, May 22. The government has
confiscated an obscure newspaper published
in tiis city and arrested its editor for print
ing a scandalous obituary article on the late
Quean Marie of Bavaria.
France Not to Help Legitime.
Paris, May 23. The report that France
had made a treaty with President Legitime,
of Fay ti, in which it is agreed that France
shot Id help quell the Hippolyte rebellion, is
sem -officially denied.
Kllraln En Route Home.
London, May 22. Jake Kilrain and
Charley Mitchell sailed for New York this
afte noon. Kilrain is in good spirits and ex
presses full confidence in his ability to whip
Sull van.
INDIAN FIGHT IN MANITOBA.
A Litrge Number Slain and Another Battle
Imminent.
Winnipeo, Man., May 22. Word has just
been received here of a ferocious fight which
took place near Fort McLeod last week be
twe n a band of Blood Indians on one side
and a force composed of soldiers, cowboys
and Gros Ventres on the other. The Bloods
havf. lately been stealing horses from the
Gros Ventres, and the fatter, assisted by
soldiers and cowboys, made an effort to re
cover the stolen animals. As usual the
stories as to the number of killed are con
flicting, but it is certain that quite a large
number were slain.
The Dead Were Duly Scalped.
Mmtof the bodies were carried away by
friends of the fallen, but three or four were
disc vered on the field minus scalps. The
Bloo is appear to have gotten tbe worst of
the encounter. They got away with most of
the stolen horses, and are now being closely
pursued by mounted police.
Another Fight Looked For.
Another encounter is likely to take place
wber. the police come upon them, and serious
trouble is feared. It is alleged that American
Indif ns in Montana are going to the Bloods'
assistance.
The Record of the Races.
NEW York, May 22. The track at Graves
end yesterday was heavy. The winners were:
BessiiJune, mile, 1:05; Joe Lee, 11-10
miles, 1:54; Reel are, mile, 1:04?4'; N'ow-or-Neve-,
11-1(1 miles, 1:53; Chaos, mile,
1:05; Battersby, mile, 1:19.
Chicago, May 22. At the West side races
yeste-day the stakes were captured as fol
lows: Amelia, mile, 1:03; Cartoon, 4'
mile, 1:16; Overton, 1 furlongs, l:41j;
Bankrupt, 1 mile, 1:45; St. Albans, 1)4 fur
longs 1:3.
La-onia, May 22. The track was in good
condition yesterday, and the record was:
McAuley, mile, 1:81; Avondale, mile,
1:04; May O., mile, l:10Ji; Trust, 1 mile,
l:43fc; Flyaway, mile, 1:08.
Tiegotlatlng for Another Brewery.
Milwaukee, May 22. It has developed
here its an actual fact that a deal for the sale
of a Milwaukee brewery to tbe English yn
dicatu is nearly consummated, and it appears
to be almost certain that the brewery in
quest on is that of the Cream City Brewing
compiny. The Cream City brewery is one
of the smaller institutions of tbe kind in the
city, but with the trade it enjoys is said to
be wcrth well on toward tl.OIIO.QOO, which is
the price at which tbe sale will be made.
Tilling Telephones and Telegraphs.
Hahtford, Conn., May 22. The house of
representatives yesterday passed a bill im
posing a tax of 50 cents a mile on telegraph
compiinies having more than two lines; also,
impos ng a tax of 70 cents on each telephone
transt litter and 25 cents on each mile of tel
ephons wire.
Siilled by a Premature Explosion.
Hei ena, Mont., May 2ki. Cornelius Har
rington was killed and John Harrington
severely injured by the pressature explosion
of a b ast in the Drum Lummon mine at
Marys ville Sunday night.
ABBREVIATED TELEGRAMS.
An line of graphite has been discovered
near I 'lattsburg. Ma
The State Physico-Medical society of Indi
ana is in session at Indianapolis.
Pritioe George, second son of the king of
Greece, has joined the Frenoh navy.
H. O. Perrine and wife, late Mrs. Folsom,
were at the Palmer house, Chicago, Tues
day. Ano .her bad storm played havoc Tuesday
with garden truck in the vicinity of Nor
folk, Va.
A wmian, "Rev." Mrs. Rinkle, has been
authorized to perform marriage ceremonies
in Ohio, at Wooster.
Mrs. Flower, wife of the Wisconsin ex
commicuoner of labor, was granted a divorce
Tuesdi y at Portage, Wis.
Ambrose Van Tassel dropped dead Tues
day at Elizabeth, N. J., while preparing to
attend the funeral of his wife.
The Sioux Indians in council assemblied at
Standi ig Rock, D. T., Tuesday agreed to de
mand iai,000,000 for their lands.
John E. Sullivan, the defaulting clerk of
Marlot county, Indiana, forfeited bis ball
bonds i n court at Indianapolis Tuesday. Bfc
where bouts are unknown.
The late earl of Malmegbnry, who died in
Englard recently, left a quantity of manu
script 'vhicb he disected his heirs not to per
mit to be published for several years,
A co lision aocurrad in the English channel
Tuesday, the British steamer German Em
peror running into the British steamer Beres
ford. The German Emperor sank immedi
ately a id six persons are believed to have
been di owned.
The Weather We May Expect. '
Washinoton Cmr, Mar St. The Indica
tions ft r thirty-six hours from Bp. m. yester
day a-a as follows: For Wisconsin
Fair wi ather in northwest portion; showers,
follows 1 by clearing weather, in southeastern
portion r. warmer; southeasterly winds. For
Upper Michigan-Fair weather, except show
ers in wtern portion: slightly warmer; winds
shiftinf to southeasterly. For Lower Mich
igan Light local showers; clearing weather
daring -he day; northerly winds: a slight rise
of temperature in northwest portion: station
ary tet iperature in southeast portion. For
Iowa t Tanner, generally fair weather; olear
lng In e ttreme eastern portion; winds shifting
to soutl easterly. Fer Indiana andlllineia
Fair w lather, precedtd by showers la ex
treme -lortnern portion; slightly warmer;
westerl f winds.
'aii(l Mosquitoes
They Make Life Miserable on
a Maine Railroad.
GATEEPLLLAES STALL A TRAIN,
While Mosquitoes, Hungry for Red Blood,
Banquet on the Laborers The Railway
Hands Cuss In Five Languages, But It
Takes Two Locomotives to Get Over
the Difficulty Eleven Miles of Gray
and Greasy Wrigglers.
New York, May 22. A dispatch to The
World from Lewiston, Me., says: The rail
road men who went out with tbe pioneer train
on a new line through the Maine wilderness
Monday had an experience which left them
blistered, weary and disgusted. The train
was brought to a dead stop in the woods by
millions of caterpillers, which took a fancy
to crawling on the raiU, and defied every de
vice essayed'for removing them until another
locomotive was sent to the rescue. More
over, droves of hungry mosquitoes swooped
down on tha trainmen and drank their
blood.
Small and Gray, bat Greasy.
The advance guard was seen by a railroad
timekeeper ss he rode over the line on his
velocipede the night before. He encountered
a lot of small, gray caterpillars, which had
Rpread themselves over the track so thickly
t hat he had to push his machine along by
hand for half a mile. A big engine and
eleven flit cars, 1 oaded with 1,500 ship knees,
the Canadian Pacific's first train for busi
ness, started from Nebois from Brownville
Monday morning. It had gone tut a few
miles when it ran into a sticky, squirming
mass, which the locomotives ground to a
greasy pu'p that clogged the driving wheels
and prevented them from getting any grip
on the track. It was as if wheels and rails
had been thoroughly larded.
" Tooh ! " Said the Engineer.
The train came to a standstill, and the con
ductor and engineer made an investigation.
"Pooh!" said the engineer. "Bugs!"
"Ha, ha," laughed the conductor deris
ively. They jumped aboard after a little scraping
and tried to start again, but it was no use.
Tbe "bugs" were too much for them. As far
as the eye could reach the little caterpillers
were in complete possession of the track.
The Canadian Pacific was turned into two
lines of gray wriggle. The train was in the
midst of the woods.
An Extra Loeomotive Starts It,
"Cut bushes and try to sweep them off,"
said the conductor to the trainmen. All
hands tried it, but the bushes crushed the
pulpy mass, and only smeared the track
worsa than ever. Sand was then sprinkled
on the rails. This enabled the engine to
start, but the caterpillers soon greased the
ties again, and the train halted. A mes
senger was dispatched to the Sebois station
and the situation was telegraphed to the
manager of tbe roaiL He sent an extra
locomotive and a crew of helpers to the as
sistance of the beleaguered train. With a
force of men scraping and sanding, with an
engine to pull and another to push, the train
crept through tbe woods at a snail's pace.
Blood-Thirsty Mosquitoes.
A vast horde of large and ferocious mos
quitoes came out of the depth of the forest
and assailed the motley crew of railroad men,
showing no national predilections, but draw-
tag blood from Poles, Frenchmen. Russians,
and Irishmen alike. Even a bishop would
have smilod to see the crowd fighting mosqui
toes with one hand and caterpillars with the
other, all the time swearing in at least five
different languages. Superintendent Van
Zile issued the orders, and charge after charge
was made at the steep grades lubricated wit h
squeezed caterpillars. All day long, and
after the sun had gone down, the locomotives
and men toiled to drag that train from Se
bois to Brownville.
Eleven Miles or "Rugs."
The myriads of caterpillers covered the
rails for eleven miles. When the train
reached its destination at last it bore the
most exhausted and disgusted crew ever seen
outside of a blizzard. The railroad officials
are mystified and worried. They have some
fears of the iwrve fon-e of this army and
its next attack, and are consulting the "bug
ologists" about it. Superintendent Van Zile
talks now of digging ditches and flooding the
rood with running water.
THE MATTER OF CHEAP FUEL.
Important Experiments in Progress at
Pittsburg with Suggestive Results.
PlTTSBURO, Pa.. May 22. The interest felt
here iu cheap fuel is intensified bv the ernmv
iments now coins on at the establishment of
Aloorhead & Brother, by which pulverized
coal is brought luto actual competition by
uie process controlled by Eastus Wiman, of
New York. It has been running for a week
at these works, with remarkable results. It
is claimed that 4,0(10 pounds of iron were
drawn in an hour with a charge of 700 pounds
of coal, which is all wed to lm th ei.oant
run ever made, because the refuse coal which
is used costs less than 50 cents per ton. A
public test is to be made on the 27th, at which
Mr. Wiman and his associates are to be pres-.
ent.
Coal Cheaper Than Natural Gas.
It is stated that the A lloirhantr n.nn-
Electric Light company is now using cool as
r i - - . .
iuei instead or natural gas, and that tbe
chance was made as a matter nf amnnmv
experience showing that the amount neces
sary iu run uie piant wun coal as luel Is
much less than the cost of natural cas.
The National Ball Games.
Chicago, May 22. The League is playing
base ball in hard luck just now. All the
games were stopped by rain Monday, and
yesterday Jupiter Pluvius put a "kybosh" on
two of them. The other clul scored as fol
lows: At Washington City Chicago 6, Wash
ington 13; At New York Pittsburg 4, New
York 5.
American association: At St. Louis Ath
letic 8, St. Louis 2; at Kansas City Brook
lyn 14, Kansas City 13; at Columbus Cin
cinnati 13, Columbus 12; at Louisville Bal
timore 4, Louisville 8.
Western league: At Milwaukee St. Paul
5, Milwaukee U three innings, rain at Min
neapolis Dos Moines 3, Minneapolis 12.
A Mine Inspertor Killed.
Minneapolis, Minn., May 22. A He'ena,
M. T.. special siys: Capt J. E. Coulter,
deputy mine inspector-of Montana and ex
city marshal of Butte, was killed by being
run over by a Montana Central train Mon
day night. He leaves a wife and seven
children, and was widely known in tbe west.
Townshend's Successor Elected.
Carmi, Ills, May 22. Reports from the
special election held in the Nineteenth Illi
nois district yesterday, to elect a successor to
the late Coiigresaman Townshend, indicate
the election of Judge J. R. WWianis (Dem.)
over T. a Ridge way (Rep.) by a safe ma
jority. The Knights and the Federation.
Baltimore, May 22. A letter has been re
ceived by the local Carpenters' union from
P. J. McGuire, secretary of the National
Brotherhood of Carpenters of America,
giving notice that members of that
body who are also attached to tbe
Knights of Labor cannot receive either sick
or death beuoBts from the Brotborhood of
Carpenters, nor be assisted during a strike.
McGuire is also secretary of the National
Federation of Labor, and the letter is inter
preted as indicating strained relations be
tween the Knights and Federation. At a
meeting of carpenters Monday night some
withdrew from the knights and others de
clined to do so.
A Bnksmsi Fatally Injured.
Macon, Ma, May 2L Fre'ght train No.
23, on the main line of the Chicago, Burling
ton & Quincy, was derailed two miles west
of here Monday afternoon. Five oil tanks
exploded and burned sixteen heavily laden
freight - cars. Brakeman Joe Klotz, of
Brook field, jumped and received fatal Injur
ies. Tbe track is burned out tor 100 yards,
and great damage resulted from tbe wreck.
Seven Negro Fiends.
Diabolical Outrage Committed
in a Virginia Town.
NTTTHEE AGE NOR YOUTH 8PAEED.
Devilish Crime Perpetrated on an Aged
Woman and a Ten-Tear-Old Girl, the
Latter of Whom I Probably Dead An
Attempt at Lynching Baffled by a
Strong Guard at tbe Jail, and the
Militia Called Upon.
Culpepper Court House, Va., Mat22.
Seven negroes near RichardsvilRf this
.county, went to the residence of a highly re
spectable and educated colored man last
Saturday and bound him hand and foot.
They then proceeded to outrage his wife.
After partaking of whisky they had brought
they discovered the little 10-year-old daughter
in the second story of tbe house, to which
she had fled.
Another Devilish Deed.
They brought her down-stairs and accom
plished their purpose. They left the old man
bound and his wile and child in a most pitiful
condition, and threatened to burn the house
and cut out the tongues of their victims if
they divulged the perpetrators of the crime.
The helpless victims were soon found by a
passing friend and the alarm was given. '
The Miscreants In .lail.
A posse of whites and blacks started in pur
suit and captured tbe villains rear the scene
of the assault. They were taken to the county
jail, where they are guarded by a strong
force. An attempt was made Saturday night
to break tbe jail and lynch them, but the
guards frightened the party off.
Judge Lynch on Hand.
The wife is in a critical condition. She
may recover, but the little child is dying.
The militia has been asked for, as it is hourly
expected that another attempt will be made
to force the jail and lynch the men.
A Would-Be Itavlsher Killed. I
Birmingham, Ala., May 22. Seven miles
from the city yesterday morning Kenneth
Hawkins, the county treasurer, and his broth
er.Bayliss HawkIns,shotand killed Noah Dick
son, colored. The negro had attempted to'
outrage Mary Keana, the 15-year-old niece
of the Hawkins brothers. He was pursued
and captured, and the Hawkins brothers
started with him to the city. They had gone
about a mile when the prisoner started to
run and they shot and killed him. Both men
came on to the city and surrendered. Miss
Keane was badly choked and beaten about the
face and head by the negro, but he failed to
accomplish his purpose.
Killed Him with a Bayonet.
PlTTSBCRO, Pa., May 22. A special from
Tiffin, O., says: John Marte, of Republic,
returned home unexpectedly Monday night
and found Howard J. Kennaman, a well-
known married man of this city, in his wife's
apartment Martz seized an old bayonet,
kept in the bouse as a relic, and fatally
stabbed Kennaman.
Chopped Chen Ton to Pieces.
San Francisco, May 22. Chen You. a
Chinese cigarmaker, was literally backed to
pieces yesterday by a hatchet in the bands of
another Chinaman. The cause is unknown.
THE CHICAGO DRAINAGE BILL
Passed by the Illinois Senate Other Legis
lative Transactions.
Springfield, IU., May 22. The senate
yesterday took up the Chicago drainage bUl
on its third reading and an attempt was
made to recall it to second reading for
amendment This failed, and speeches were
made against it by Rheinhardt and Shum
way, the latter's speech being very long.
After speaking an hour and forty
minutes hu time was extended.
Ha talked another hour and
was followed by Kerrick of McLean, also
against the bill. A number of petitions
against the bill from Pekin, Morris and
other towns were presented and then a vote
was taken resulting in its passage '32 to IS.
A motion to consider was promptly tabled.
The tax levy bill, the appropriation for the
Elgin insane hospital, tbe appropriation of
$2,000 to the State Dairymen's association,
and Southern Normal school appropriation
were passed.
The house sent the senate primary election
bill to third reading and defeated the bill to
prohibit the manufacture and sale in this
state of intoxicating liquors. Tbe vote was
55 for and 62 against, there ling a number
of "dodgers." The tax levy bill was passed.
The house refused to reconsider the
vote by which the biU to pre
vent fraud and deception in the
manufacture and sale of dairy products was
passed. There was an exciting delete over
the matter. The bill revising the assessment
law was defeated and that appropriating for
the Normal university at Normal was passed,
as were Prince's chattel mortgage bill, the
appropriation for the Central insane hospital
and the bill to confine all female convicts at
Joliet A number of bills were Bent to third
reading.
Michigan.
Lansing. Mich.. Mav 22. The house in
committee of the whole yesterday approved
bills authorizing the introduction of kinder
garten memoos in toe puDiic schools where
two-thirds of the tax-ravera in tha. Hiatrir
so vote, and prohibiting the dumping of saw-
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tiuoL tiuLi u-.uer reiuse in nvers irom wmcn
fish are taken.
Made Sioux City Headquarters.
Denver, CoL, May 22. The Railroad
Conductors' association yesterday selected
Sioux City, la., as the headquarters of the
order. Tbe citizens of Sioux City agree to
give the order f75,0O0 in cash, the order to
erect a 1200,000 budding, upon which the
citizens guarantee b per cent net income,
and at the expiration of ten years, if the or
der so desires, the citizens will take the pro
perty at the original cost price with 10 per
cent added.
Assignments of Chicago Firms.
Chicago, May 22. The Western Arms and
Cartridge company, which failed last Satur
day by the entry of a judgment against it for
$03,000, made a voluntary assignment yester
day. The assets are said to be 1110,000 and
the liabilities $80,000.
Charles A Herb, dealer in toys, assigned
yesterday. Assets and liabilities are about
$25,000 each.
An Intended Trip by thePresident.
' Ch vitBERsBCua, P., May 22. United
St-ilcs Treasurer Huston, while on a visit
here, stated that President Harrison in
tends this snmmer to make a visit to his
mother's birthplace, ten miles from here in
Franklin oouuty. Tbe old stone bouse in
whioh she was born is still standing. She
was Elizabeth Irwin, daughter of Archibald
Irwin.
Presidential Appointments.
Washington City, May 22. The presi
dent appointed a few more territorial officers
yesterday, among them John W. Meldrum,
Wyoming, secretary of Wyoming. He also
appointed James H. Cisney.arsaw, Ind.,
Indian inspector, and Malachi Krebs, Peters
burg, Ind., special agent to make aUotments
in severalty to Indians under provisions of
aet of congress approved Feb. 8, 1887.
Postmasters: Indiana John Shaffer, La
porte; W. H. Dryden. Martinsville; J. M.
Hays, Greencastle. Illinois J. C Hill,
Kensington. Michigan D. J. Easton,
Union City. Iowa E. C Haynee, Ceuter
ville; J. L. Harvey, Leon; John Mahin, Mus
catine, Didn't Kick Against Lynch.
Washington City, May 22. Ex-Representative
Lynch, the newly appointed
fourth auditor of the treasury, took charge
of his office yesterday. There was no show
of reserve on the part of the clerks and sub
officials of tbe offloe in welcoming a colored
man as chief. Gen. Shelley, before retiring,
assembled tbe entire force of the office in his
room and introduced them to Mr. Lynch.
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The Chattanooga Meeting.
Chattanihwia, Tenn., May 2. The re
port of the committee oil co-opiration with
the northern church was read in the South
ern Presbyterian HHRcmbly yesterday with a
recommendation for its adoption. The com
mittee on the stnte of the church noted a
falling off in attendance in tbe large cities,
and recoin mondial the abolition of night
services and. ths substitution therefor of
afternoon mission meetings. This suggestion
was stricken out. The committee also urged
the more careful observance of family wor
ship, and a closer regard for the evangeliza
tion of the negro, to which end they called
npon the white clergy to go into the field.
The Woodrow case was debated at length,
but nothing done. Encouraging reports
were heard from returned missionaries.
Itedneed the Kate on Iron.
PlTTSBURO, May 22. The western freight
agents, at a meeting here yesterday, resolved
to reduce the rate on iron ore from lake ports
to this city to f 1.05 instoad of fl.B. per ton.
This aotion is the result of a consideration of
tbe subject extending cer several montha
Ileat the Steitjn boftve Record.
Baltimore, May 22. The new steamer
Dorchester made her last run between Bos
ton and this port in thirty-eight hours, the
lastest rime on record.
THE MARKETS.
Chtcaoo. May 21.
Quotations on the board of trade to-day were
as follows: Wheat No. 2 May, opened 834c,
closed Kfc- June, opened ic: closed 80c;
July, opened TCTo, closed 76o. Corn
No. 2 May, onmi?d Xl?ie, closed 83?6e;
June, opened and closed 3uc; July,
opened 34c: closed 34-3tVc, Oats No. 2 May,
opened c, closed Jnne, openeJ
"Hr'sc, closed 2.s-4c; July, opened snse,
closed 2io. I'ork June, opened 111.47),
closed tll.fth July, opened Jll.fa, closed
$11.7il; August, opened $11.90, closed $U.7S&
Lard June, opeued i.72V, closed $tf.T5.
Live stock The I'nion Stock Yards reports
the following ramrenf prices: Hogs Market
fairly active, chiefly on packing and shipping
account: sales ranged at $4.404.05 )lht,
f4.-5 t4.:t rough packing. -J4.3V2.4.5.) mixed,
and $4.:iV?t4.50 heavy packing and shipping
hits. Cattle Market fairly active on local
and shipping account, and prices compara
tively steady; quotations ranged at &.6Uft
4.511 for goixl to choice sbipplcg steers,
$3.(10(.50 common to good do., $2.758.i9t
butcliers!-teers.l;.50Sl2.u stock ers, t2.7h&3JH
feeders, $1.5il(&2.7 cows, and $1.5u&2.75 in
ferior mixed stock and bulls. Sheep Market
rather active; quotations ranged at $3.25i&4.15
horn westerns, &i.jU4l.0 shorn natives,
and $4.5Xlj.S' lambs.
Produce: Butter Fancy Eljrin creamery,
ISc per lb; dairies In line, 3,12e: roll but
ter, 7,J9c. Kfrsrs Strictly fresh, l2o per
dor. Poultry Live chickens. He per lb; roost
ers, 5c: turkeys, &g,7c; ducks. h13c. Pota
toesChoice Kurbanks, 2nt3e per bu: Beauty
of Hebron, 25c: mixed lots, Hlo; sweet po
tatoes, $1.7.Vi0( per bbL Apples Choice
greeuines. f 111.50 per bbl: po .r lots, 75cs&
l.vl. Strawberries JiJOaiSJ per '.t-qt-case.
. Kew York.
New York. May 2L
Wheat Easier; No. 1 red state nominal;
No. 2 r;'d cash, tte; No. a red May.
."3; do June, V do July, KPfie; do Au
gust, M-V-. Corn Quiet No. 2 mixed cash,
4UV; do May, 11V; do June, 41o bid;
do July, 41140. Oats Quiet; No. 1 white
state, c: No. 2 do. 2Sc; No. 2 mixed
May, 2si4o; do June, 2tv. Iiye Dull. Barley
Nominal. I'ork Imli: new mess, (13.00
fi.13.5ti. irrd Quiet: $7.r bid. .
Live stock: (.'attic No trading: dressed
beef, dull; sides, 6.1714 p lb. Sheep and
Lamlm About stead v; poor to good sheep,
$3.7.rxS4.7 V 100 lh; common to prime Ken
tucky lambs, $0.3037.50. Ho s Market
steady; $4.5trj,.flo.
BOCK ISLAND
Hay Upland prairie, $8 00
Hjy TimoUij new $74H.O0.
Hay Wild, $5.00ia$6
Rye 50c.
Corn 88c.
Potatoes 15c.
Turnips 15c.
Oosl Snfi llo:hi(1 W OO
Cord Wood-Oak, $1.S5: Hickory, $x
oirsw ao.w: oaiea o.uo.
Petition to sell real estate.
STATE OF ILLINOIS,
Hock Island CorTY
County Conrt of said couLty, to the June term,
A. D. 18S9.
Abraham Merchant, administrator of the estate
of Mai caret J. Hears, deceased, vs. Mary Mer
chant, L. Merchant, K. N. Merchant, Christina
Travrse, Mary Zabniser, Elizabeth fiiunson,
Sarah A. McClell n, Annie Snyder, Lucitda
bilveris, Julia Smith. Lizr.ie Fyffe, Louise Hor
ner, Albert Merchant. James Ne son, Albert
Nelson. Susan Leary, Jesse Smith, Bird Smith.
Phebe Smith, Mary Etta Miller. William M.
Crill, Minnie M. Crill and Kva A. WheeUr -Petition
tosill Keal Estate to pay debts.
Affidavit of the non-residence of the defendants
above named having been filed in the office of
the clerk of the County court of Koek Island
county, notice is hereby given to the said defen
dants and each of them that tha said plaintiff.
Abraham Merchant, administrator of the estate of
Margaret J. Sears, deceased, has filed his petition
In the Slid county court of Hock Island county for
an order tos-)i the premises belonging to the es
tate of said deceased, or so much of it as may be
needed to pay the debts of said deceased, and de
scribed as follows, to-wit :
Beginning at the center corner of section 14,
towm-hip 17 north, in range west of the 4th P.
M. : thence east on the half-section line 1 21
chains; thence south at right angles 8 chains to
Rvk river: thence west with said river to a point
where the bait section line running north and
south through said section intersects said
river; thence north on scid half sec
tion line to the north side of Tower street
in the town of Sears : thence south 69 o west
along the north side of said Tower street 2. 34
chains; thence north parallel with the half sec
tion line (var. To 40') 6.61 chains; thence east
2. 1 chains to a point on tbe half section line 60
feet south of said center corner; thence north 60
feet to tbe place of beginning: excepting an I re
serving therefrom the lands heretofore conveyed
to the Hock Island Cotton Manufacturing Com
pany and also the lands heretofore conveyed to
Kiubard Mansill A Co., by deeds recorded respec
tively in book 56 of deeds at page 871, and book Wof
deeds at page 266 of the records of said Hock Isl
and county, said tract containing 9.60 acre more
or lees ; also lots 1, , and 8 in block 10 in the town
of Sears; also 1 acre described as follows, to-w.t:
Beginning 8084 feet west of the section corner
on the east ride of the northwest quarter of sec
tion 14, township 17 north, range 2 west of the 4th
P. M. running thence south 118 feet: thence west
35" feet to the southeast corner of the old grave
yard ; thence north 1 13 feet ; thence west 198 feet ;
thence south 118 feet to the southwest corner of
the old grave yard; thence we-t 86 feet; thence
north S45 feet to the south line of Hodman's land ;
thence east 8SH feet; thence south Xii feet to
the place of beginning, all iu the county of Hock
Island and state of Illinois. And that a summons
has been Issued out of said court against you re
turnable at tbe Jane term, 1889, of said court to
be holuen on the first Monday of June, 1889, at
the Court house in Rock Island in said county.
Now, unless you and each of you shall personally
be and appear before said County court oa the
first day of a term to be holden at said Court boa e
on the first Monday of July. 1889, and plead, an
swer or dvmur to the said petition filed therein,
tha same and the matters and things therein
charged and stated will be taken as confessed and
a decree entered against yon according to the
prayer of said petition.
Kock Island, 111., May 21, 1889.
- K. A. DONALDSON, Clerk.
. As&m PUASAlrrs, Attorney for Petitioner.
may21-d4w . 1
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BEDROOM SUITES:
Rich, ITandsome, Magnificent and Unique.
PARLOR SUITES
No words can do justice to the Novelties exhibited.
No.
W. B. BARKER.
has purchased the well known
Wagner Geocery
Fourth Ave. and Tenth Street,
and hopes to retain the custom of hi9 predecessor
He will make a great effort to perpetuate the good name of ibis
Old Established Grocery
-that it has always enjoyed by dealing only in the best goods -
AT THE LOWEST PRICES.
-This space
JOHN T.
Stoves and
U. B. ZIMMERi
Merchant Tailor,
Star Block,
-IS RECEIVING
Spring and Summer Goods,
of the latest patterns. Call and examine them and remem
ber that he makes his suits up In the latest styles.
HIS PRICES ARE LOW.
is
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Business College.
A. WOLLENHATJPT,
Manufacturer of nd Dealer in all kinds of
Meed work.
floe lot Of Children's Carriages cheap. It will pay yon to call Matt pprfha.Dg.
Ko. 1006 Third Avenue.
A. J. SMITH & SON,
Furniture, Carpets:
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Lowest cash prices.
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126 and 127 West Third St.,
with new pieces of.
1623 Second Avenue,
is reserved for-
NOFTSKER,
Refrigerators.
Opp. Harper House,
DAILY HIS STOCK OF-
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for NURSES with boiling- water a delicious BEEF TEA
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